Section 172 Seven-Star Giant Coffin
Wang Gongzi looked at one of the huge wooden coffins in the middle, which was a little tilted, and suddenly said loudly in surprise: "Everyone come and see, look at the bottom of this coffin, it's amazing." There is actually a seven-star Beidou coffin here! It's so unexpected, it's so incredible, it's so amazing, I don't know if there's any mystery in it? Let's quickly open the lid of the coffin to see what is going on, I can't wait, I'm looking forward to it. “
We hurriedly ran over with great interest, everyone worked together to straighten the coffin with some inclination, looked left and right and did not find that the tomb of the seven stars has a particularly conspicuous place, why is the bottom of his wooden coffin engraved with the Big Dipper? It's really puzzling, because in ancient China, the Big Dipper had a sacred status, ancient people worshiped and believed in the stars, and China's Taoism and Confucianism both emphasized the sacrifice to the stars, so I secretly guessed that the man in the tomb was probably a person who worshiped celestial phenomena, so he carved the Big Dipper at the bottom of the coffin to express his reverence for the sun, moon and stars.
I didn't expect that what is even more bizarre is that when we open the outer coffin of the seven-star giant coffin, the outer coffin in front of us has a pair of inner coffins made of red willow wood, which is really layered, and the coffin is a set of coffins, we continue to open the week with great interest, and it is a very hard wooden board to make a more delicate inner coffin in the red willow coffin. Moreover, on both sides of the inner coffin, two wooden delicate, skilled craftsmen carefully crafted dovetail locks to lock the coffin lid and coffin groove.
We finally opened the coffin lid after a lot of hardships and difficulties, and we were really excited to finally see the true face of the tomb owner. This is 3,600 years old, no, 2,600 years old Loulan seven-star coffin.
There are not many burial utensils in the coffin, only zigzag carvings and bone beads, bone awls, wood carved portraits, and a little gold, jade and other burial goods. Feet to the west quietly lying in the coffin, lifelike, as if alive, he is an older man, thin and tall, skinny and bony state, fairy wind bones, kind eyebrows and kind eyes, the skin is slightly sunken, but there is elasticity, the white hair and eyebrows on the head are clearly distinguishable, a dress with an earthy yellow is well preserved, his long white hair is coiled on the back of his head with a hairpin, really like a person who has attained the Tao. And we took a closer look several times and found that the appearance of the people in this ancient tomb is more like the appearance of the people of the Central Plains, which is different. The other people in the Sun Tomb have deep eye sockets, high and straight nose bridges, and have obvious characteristics of the people of the Western Regions, which are much the same, while the people in this Seven Star Tomb have narrow eye sockets and small nasal bones, and have obvious characteristics of the Central Plains people, and nine times out of ten they are Central Plains people.
Wang Gongzi said thoughtfully: "I think this Big Dipper Cemetery is different, could it be that he is the designer of the Sun Tomb? ”
Hu Jiaojiao swore affirmatively: "Yes, it's completely correct, Wang Gongzi, you are right, because only his coffin has a seven-star Beidou, it can be seen that this person is obviously proficient in astronomy and geography, such a powerful person, an excellent person must be the designer of this sun tomb." ”
But when we looked closely, the well-preserved corpse suddenly turned into an extremely hideous white bone, and the flesh on the face was also dented, and finally only Bai Sensen's skull remained, but unfortunately, it was oxidized, which scared us, what a pity, and the destruction of the monument was really worth the loss.
We looked at the bottom plate of the inner coffin and there was also a pattern of the Big Dipper that was exactly the same on the outside, with 7 small holes with a diameter of about 2 cm, arranged in the spoon-like shape of the Big Dipper, and there were lines connecting the small holes. Because the coffin tumbled when moving, the original storage state has been destroyed, and the ancient gold coins placed in the coffin are scattered everywhere, shining with gold and brilliance, there are a total of seven, which may be placed in the seven small holes arranged into the Big Dipper, respectively, written Tianshu Palace Greedy Wolf Xingjun, Tianxuan Palace Jumen Xingjun, Tianji Palace Lucun Xingjun, Tianquan Palace Wenqu Xingjun, Yuheng Palace Lianzhen Xingjun, Kaiyang Palace Wuqu Xingjun, Yaoguang Palace Pojun Xingjun.
Xiao Fei said with relish: "This Big Dipper is a very powerful constellation in ancient China, because the Big Dipper is composed of the seven stars of Tianshu, Tianxuan, Tianji, Tianquan, Yuheng, Kaiyang, and Yaoguang. The ancient Chinese people associated these seven stars with the shape of a bucket for scooping wine in ancient times. Tianshu, Tianxuan, Tianji, and Tianquan are composed of a fighting body, which is called Kui in ancient times, and Yuheng, Kaiyang, and Yaoguang are composed of a bucket handle, which is called a ladle in ancient times. The Big Dipper appears in different directions in the sky at different times in different seasons and nights, so the ancients decided the season according to the direction pointed by the bucket handle at the beginning and dusk: the bucket handle points to the east, the world is spring, the bucket handle guide, the world is summer, the bucket handle points to the west, the world is autumn, the bucket handle refers to the north, the world is winter. Taoism calls the Big Dipper the Seven Elements of the Seven Elements of the Bad Luck Star King, living in the Seven Palaces of the Big Dipper, so the Seven Stars of the Big Dipper have two meanings in the folk, one is that the Big Dipper can guide the deceased to ascend to heaven, and the other is that the seven holes and six branches that constitute the Big Dipper symbolize the seven emotions and six desires in the world, and after death, the seven emotions and six desires of the person also ascend to heaven. This Big Dipper coffin is really intriguing and makes people think about it. ”